Characteristics of the Sun

What is the primary source of light for the Earth?

• Moon

• Sun

• Stars

• Fire

How old is the Sun?

• 10 billion years

• 45 billion years

• 4.5 billion years

• 450 million years

Which of the following are characteristics of the Sun?

• Made up of gas

• light and thermal energy

• Star

• All of the above

The layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off visible

light

• Photosphere

• Corona

• Solar Flare

the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that looks like a

halo during an eclipse

• Photosphere

• Solar Flare

• Corona

the layer of the sun’s atmosphere that has a reddish

glow

• Corona

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

a stream of charged particles produced by the corona

• Solar Wind

• Corona

• Particles

areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than

the gases around them

• Freckles

• Corona

• Sun spot

Large loops of super-hot gas that extend out from the Sun’s surface.

• Solar prominences

• Sunspots

• Solar flares

• Photosphere

The dark patches on the surface of the sun

• Solar flares

• Solar prominences

• Photosphere

• Sunspots